milky way

The Milky Way (disambiguation) has been used for two different radiological appearances:

• Milky Way appearance on mammography
• Milky Way sign in peripheral multifocal leukoencephalopathy

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Inspired signs

• inanimate object inspired
  • astronomical inspired
    • comet tail (disambiguation)
      • comet tail artifact (ultrasound)
        • color comet tail artifact
      • comet tail sign (chest)
      • comet tail sign (phleboliths)
    • earth-heart sign
    • galaxy sign (chest)
    • loss of half-moon overlap sign
    • Milky Way (disambiguation)
      • Milky Way (breast)
      • Milky Way (PML)
    • starfield pattern (fat embolism)
    • starry sky appearance (disambiguation)
      • starry sky appearance (MRI)
      • starry sky appearance (ultrasound)
    • sunburst sign (disambiguation)
      • ​sunburst appearance (bone)
      • sunburst sign (meningioma)
      • sunburst sign (renal angiomyolipoma)
    • sunset eye sign
    • twinkling artifact
  • ball of wool sign
  • chain of lakes sign
  • champagne glass pelvis
  • Coca-Cola bottle sign
  • coin lesion
  • corduroy artifact
  • corduroy sign
  • corkscrew sign (disambiguation)
    • corkscrew sign (midgut volvulus)
    • corkscrew sign (diffuse esophageal spasm)
    • corkscrew sign (inner ear)
  • dinner fork deformity
  • fishhook ureters
  • ghost triad (gallbladder)
  • goblet sign
  • ground glass opacity
  • hatchet sign
  • hockey stick sign (disambiguation)
    • hockey stick sign (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease)
    • hockey stick sign (thyroid hemiagenesis)
  • horseshoe (disambiguation)
    • horseshoe kidney
    • horseshoe lung
    • horseshoe adrenal
    • horseshoe appendix
    • horseshoe pancreas
  • hourglass sign
  • keyhole sign (disambiguation)
    • keyhole sign (breast implant rupture)
    • keyhole sign (posterior urethral valves)
  • leather bottle stomach
  • Lincoln log vertebra
  • mosaic appearance (disambiguation)
    • mosaic attenuation (lungs)
    • mosaic pattern (Paget disease)
  • napkin ring sign
  • open book fracture
  • pearl necklace sign
  • polka-dot sign
  • rachitic rosary
  • ring shadow
  • rugger jersey spine
  • sack of marbles sign
  • sail sign (disambiguation)
    • elbow sail sign
    • laryngeal sail sign
    • retrocardiac sail sign
    • spinnaker sail sign
    • thymic sail sign
  • scalpel sign
  • spilled teacup sign
  • stepladder sign (disambiguation)
    • stepladder sign (intracapsular breast implant rupture)
    • stepladder sign (small bowel obstruction)
  • string of pearls sign (disambiguation)
    • string of pearls sign (abdominal radiograph of small bowel)
    • string of pearls sign (polycystic ovarian syndrome)
    • string of pearls sign (fibromuscular dysplasia)
  • Tam o' Shanter sign
  • telephone receiver deformity
  • tombstone iliac wings
  • Venetian blind sign
  • water bottle sign
  • weapon and munition inspired signs
    • bayonet deformity
    • boomerang sign (disambiguation)
      • boomerang sign (ankle)
      • boomerang sign (knee)
      • boomerang sign (splenium)
    • bullet-shaped vertebra
    • cannonball metastases
    • Cupid bow contour
    • dagger sign
    • double barrel sign
    • halberd pelvis
    • panzerherz
    • pistol grip deformity
    • saber-sheath trachea
    • scimitar syndrome
    • target sign (disambiguation)
      • double target sign (hepatic abscess)
      • eccentric target sign (cerebral toxoplasmosis)
      • reverse target sign (cirrhotic nodules)
      • target sign (choledocholithiasis)
      • target sign (hepatic metastases)
      • target sign (intussusception)
      • target sign (neurofibromas)
      • target sign (pyloric stenosis)
      • target sign  (tuberculosis)
    • trident appearance
      • trident acetabulum
      • trident hand
      • trident sign (osmotic demyelination)
      • trident sign (persistent primitive trigeminal artery)
    • Viking helmet sign
  • white pyramid sign
  • windswept knees
  • wine bottle sign
• vegetable and plant inspired
  • aubergine sign
  • celery stalk appearance
    • ​celery stalk anterior cruciate ligament
    • celery stalk metaphysis
  • coconut left atrium
  • coffee bean sign
  • cotton wool appearance
  • drooping lily sign
  • ginkgo leaf sign (disambiguation)
    • ginkgo leaf sign (spinal meningioma)
    • ginkgo leaf sign (subcutaneous emphysema)
  • holly leaf sign
  • ivy sign
  • miliary opacities
  • mistletoe sign
  • onion skin periosteal reaction
  • pine cone bladder
  • popcorn calcification
  • potato nodes
  • rice bodies
  • rice grain calcification
  • salt and pepper skull
  • tree-in-bud
  • water lily sign
• fruit inspired
  • apple core sign (disambiguation)
    • apple core sign (colon)
    • apple core sign (femur)
  • apple-peel intestinal atresia
  • banana and egg sign
  • banana fracture
  • banana sign
  • berry aneurysm
  • bowl of grapes sign
  • bunch of grapes sign (disambiguation)
    • bunch of grapes sign (hydatidiform mole)
    • bunch of grapes sign (bronchiectasis)
    • bunch of grapes sign (IPMN)
    • bunch of grapes sign (botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma)
    • bunch of grapes sign (intracranial tuberculoma)
    • bunch of grapes sign (multicystic dysplastic kidney)
    • bunch of grapes sign (intraosseous hemangiomas)
  • lemon sign
  • pear-shaped bladder
  • strawberry gallbladder
  • strawberry skull
  • watermelon skin sign
• animal and animal produce inspired
  • human
    • walking man sign
  • fish and marine life
    • cluster of black pearls sign
    • endosteal scalloping
    • fish vertebra
    • fishtail deformity
    • fishtail pancreas
    • lobster claw sign
    • manta ray sign
    • scallop sign
    • vertebral scalloping
  • birds
    • bird beak sign (disambiguation)
      • beak sign (arterial dissection)
      • beak sign (pyloric stenosis)
      • bird beak sign (esophagus)
      • bird beak sign (right colon)
      • bird beak sign (sigmoid colon)
      • talar beak sign (talus)
      • tectal beaking (midbrain)
    • ​​crow feet sign
    • egg on a string sign
    • eggshell calcification (breast)
    • eggshell calcification (lymph nodes)
    • gull wing appearance
    • hummingbird sign
    • owl eyes sign
    • pooping duck sign
    • sitting duck appearance
    • swallowtail sign
    • swan neck deformity
    • winking owl sign
  • mammals
    • anteater nose sign
    • antler sign
    • bat wing opacities
    • bear paw sign
    • beaver tail liver
    • Brahma bull sign
    • buffalo chest
    • bull's eye sign (disambiguation)
    • bunny waveform sign
    • claw sign
    • dog ear sign
    • dog leg sign
    • ears of the lynx sign
    • eye of tiger sign
    • feline esophagus
    • giraffe pattern
    • hide-bound sign
    • ivory vertebra sign
    • leaping dolphin sign
    • leopard skin sign
    • moose head appearance
    • panda sign
      • panda sign (midbrain)
      • panda sign (sarcoidosis)
      • double panda sign
    • pleural mouse
    • raccoon eyes sign
    • rat bite erosions
    • rat-tail sign
    • Scottie dog sign
    • Snoopy sign
    • stag's antler sign
    • staghorn calculus
    • tiger stripe sign
    • zebra sign
    • zebra stripe sign
  • arthropods
    • butterfly fragment
    • butterfly glioma
    • butterfly opacities (lungs)
    • butterfly shape of the grey matter of the spinal cord
    • butterfly sign (choroid plexus)
    • butterfly vertebra
    • caterpillar sign
    • cocoon abdomen
    • spider web
  • reptiles
    • cobra head sign (ureter)
    • snake-eye appearance (cervical spinal cord)
    • snake eyes (facial nerve)
    • turtleback sign (shistosomiasis)
  • micro-organisms
    • plankton sign
  • mythical creatures
    • caput medusae sign (developmental venous anomaly)
    • caput medusae sign (portal hypertension)
    • cyclops lesion (knee)
    • Shmoo sign
• food inspired
  • Cheerio sign (disambiguation)
    • Cheerio sign (pulmonary nodule)
    • Cheerio sign (shoulder)
  • chocolate cyst
  • cottage loaf sign
  • double Oreo cookie (glenoid labrum)
  • doughnut sign (disambiguation)
    • crescent in a doughnut sign (bowel)
    • doughnut sign (bone)
    • doughnut sign (bowel)
    • doughnut sign (chest)
    • doughnut sign (orbit)
  • hamburger sign (spine)
  • head cheese sign (lungs)
  • honeycombing (lungs)
  • ice cream cone sign (middle ear ossicles)
  • ice cream cone sign (vestibular schwannoma)
  • licked candy stick appearance (bones)
  • linguine sign (breast implants)
  • macaroni sign
  • omental cake
  • Oreo cookie (heart)
  • pancake adrenal 
  • pancake brain
  • pancake vertebra
  • Polo mint sign
  • salad oil sign (breast implants)
  • sandwich sign (disambiguation)
    • sandwich sign (CNS)
    • sandwich sign (mesentery)
  • sandwich vertebra
  • sausage digit
  • spaghetti sign
  • Swiss cheese sign
• alphabet inspired
  • C sign (MSK)
  • delta sign
    • delta sign (brain)
    • empty delta sign (brain)
    • double delta sign (MSK)
  • E sign
  • H-shaped vertebra
  • H sign
  • J-shaped sella
  • J sign (shoulder)
  • L sign (brain)
  • lambda sign
    • lambda sign (obstetrics)
    • lambda sign (sarcoidosis)
  • M sign
  • omega epiglottis
  • S sign of Golden
  • tau sign
  • T sign
    • T sign (obstetrics)
    • upper T sign (brain)
    • lower T sign (brain)
  • U fibers
  • U-figure (pelvis)
  • U sign (brain)
  • V (inverted) sign
    • inverted V sign (pneumoperitoneum)
    • inverted V sign (spinal cord)
  • W hernia
  • X-marks-the-spot sign
  • Y sign (epidural lipomatosis)
  • Z deformity
• Christmas inspired
  • Christmas tree bladder in neurogenic bladder
  • holly leaf sign in calcified pleural plaques
  • ivy sign in leptomeningeal enhancement
  • nutcracker esophagus in esophageal dysmotility
  • shepherd's crook deformity of the femur in fibrous dysplasia
  • snowcap sign in avascular necrosis
  • snowman sign
    • in total anomalous pulmonary venous return
    • in pituitary macroadenomas
  • snowstorm appearance in complete hydatidiform mole and testicular microlithiasis
• miscellaneous
  • broken heart sign